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Greenpeace frees ocean life from Pacific longliner

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:38:12 GMT

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza freed tuna, sharks, marlin and an endangered sea turtle from a Taiwanese longliner on Saturday. The vessel was fishing in the Pacific Commons, the international waters we want to see protected as a marine reserve.

Farming with nature, farming for life

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:17:15 GMT

By Gerd Leipold, Executive Director,Greenpeace International

One of the greatest errors of our time is believing that increasing food production can be achieved by fighting nature. Killing all insects in the area and destroying the soil by applying vast amounts of chemicals to nurture a single crop on thousands of hectares have turned fields into factories, not food-baskets.

Time's running out for tuna

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Tuna stocks in the Pacific are running out due to overfishing from illegal and commercial fishing fleets.

551 whales too many

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:43:34 GMT

After five months at sea, the Nisshin Maru arrives back in Japan having taken 551 whales from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, around half the original target but still 551 whales too many.

Climate change starts here!

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:44:53 GMT

Regulate CO2 from Power Plants Now!

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Climate change is accelerating! Hong Kong Observatory said our winter will disappear after 20 years. The government is amending the Air Pollution Control Ordinance to limit air pollutants from the two local power companies, CLP and HEC after 2010. Yet emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the major greenhouse gas (GHG) causing climate change, is not regulated at all. Six green groups now urge for your support to combat global warming by escalating the urgency for the government to restrict CO2 emissions from the power plants.

125 million climate refugees?

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:10:17 GMT

'Hope for the best, plan for the worst', is the mantra of emergency planners everywhere. But, for 125 million people living in the low lying areas of South Asia, when it comes to climate change there is no plan that will adequately address the worst consequences.

New Zealand coal shipment blockaded

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:42:11 GMT

Today the Rainbow Warrior blocked a shipment of export coal from leaving the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand.

Samsung and Toshiba new leaders in greener electronics ranking

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:57:08 GMT

In the latest edition of our quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics Samsung and Toshiba share top spot. Nokia misses out on top spot due to a penalty point for inconsistent global takeback. Nintendo remains rooted to the bottom with only a tiny improvement but Microsoft and Philips both improve their scores.

What is a green electronics product?

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:32:31 GMT

The Sony Vaio TZ11 laptop, Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone and Sony Ericsson P1i PDA have come out on top in our first survey of greener electronics products. Some products were more advanced than others, but there's definitely room for improvement as none of them scored over 5/10.

Climate campaigners bring peaceful protest to Heathrow

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:00:56 GMT

The Greenpeace volunteers – two women and two men – waited until all the passengers had disembarked from the one hour flight before walking through double doors at Terminal One, crossing an area of tarmac and climbing stairs onto the fuselage of the British Airways flight.

Climate campaigners are on top of a Manchester to London plane parked at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal One. They are now covering the tailfin with a huge protest banner that reads “CLIMATE EMERGENCY – NO 3rd RUNWAY”.

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:58:23 GMT

Gerd Leipold on China's environment

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:45:07 GMT

Gerd Leipold is Greenpeace International's Executive Director. This column is renewed once per month.

Environmental awakening races against time

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:44:34 GMT

by Gerd Leipold

China is waking up to its looming environmental crisis.

In the first week of 2008, Greenpeace and sohu.com asked Chinese netizens to vote for the top ten environmental stories in 2007. More than 10,000 people cast their votes, and topping the list was “Rising consciousness among the Chinese public to have a say in environmental affairs”. The news concerned was the public opposition to a billion-dollar chemical factory in Xiamen, a beautiful seaside city in the Southern province of Fujian. Worried about the environmental and health impacts of the chemical plant, thousands of local residents protested in the street in last June. The protest forced the Xiamen government to carry out environmental impact assessment and public hearing, and finally decided to relocate the factory.

Where does all the e-waste go?

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Do you know what happens when you throw out your old electronic gadgets? Probably not, but considering they contain both toxic chemicals and valuable metals you'd think someone would know? Unfortunately our new report 'Toxic Tech: Not in Our Backyard' reveals the fate of millions of tonnes of e-waste generated each year is largely unknown.

100% of Japanese taxpayers support whaling - they just don't know it

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:20:48 GMT

Every year the Japanese government spends $US 4.7 million of taxpayers' money to subsidise the whaling industry. Yet a new, Greenpeace commissioned, opinion poll reveals that 87 percent of the Japanese public are unaware of that fact.

Does Canon support shooting whales?

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:43:00 GMT

Here at Greenpeace, we support shooting whales... with cameras. But we're surprised to learn that Canon, the world's number one digital camera producer, isn't willing to condemn using harpoons -- despite their high-profile advertising and sponsorship programmes dedicated to wildlife and endangered species.

We wrote to Canon headquarters in Japan asking their CEO to speak out against Japan's whaling programme. But Canon declined to take a stand against the killing of thousands of whales in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Is this really wildlife as Canon sees it?

Why use a harpoon... when you can use a Canon?

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:41:23 GMT

Fake whale science from ship to shore

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:12:08 GMT

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza continues to prevent whaling as we shadow the Japanese fleet's factory ship, Nisshin Maru. Our crew today sent a message, direct from the Southern Ocean, linking the scandal of whaling to a host of other scandals plaguing the government in Tokyo.

Green apple not quite ripe?

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:40:07 GMT

Every Macworld brings something new to Mac lovers. This year, Steve Jobs pulled out an interoffice envelope, opened the flap and revealed the new “ MacBook Air” – the thinnest notebook computer on the planet…. For us though the highlight of the show, was Steve talking about the environment in his keynote speech for the first time. It’s a big step for Steve and we would like to congratulate all the Apple fans who helped us with our greenmyapple campaign… You made this happen!